Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today expanded his Council of Ministers to include the Shiv Sena, which returns as the BJP's ally in the state after a brief parting. 20 new ministers were sworn in today.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who took oath last month with just 10 ministers, is expected to expand his council of ministers tomorrow, after tying up loose ends in negotiations with the Shiv Sena.

A swearing-in ceremony to induct 12 Shiv Sena ministers in the Devendra Fadnavis cabinet in Maharashtra could be held tomorrow or the day after, BJP sources have told NDTV. The two parties are close to sealing a deal for power sharing in the state, t...

BJP leader and Maharashtra PWD minister Chandrakant Patil today said that estranged ally Shiv Sena "will be accommodated" in the Cabinet expansion before the Winter Session of the Assembly starts on December 8.

The expansion of the Cabinet today in Delhi may have turned into the kiss of death for the BJP and the Shiv Sena, which is in a huddle in Mumbai now. The former allies have been struggling to recalibrate their relationship.

As an array of politicians took their oaths to join the Prime Minister's Council of Ministers, Anil Desai, a Shiv Sena leader who had landed in Delhi was asked to skip the ceremony and immediately catch a flight back to Mumbai.

The Shiv Sena and the BJP have failed to reach an agreement on their relationship in Maharashtra - which means that when the Prime Minister's cabinet is enlarged, a leader from the Sena is unlikely to be among the new ministers.

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will watch as his party forms the government in Maharashtra for the very first time - at a grand ceremony at Mumbai's famous Wankhede Stadium, a small cabinet of ministers from the BJP will take their oath.

The Shiv Sena today objected to Maharashtra Cabinet's recent decision to give 36 hectares of land in Pune district to Sharad Pawar-led Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) for sugarcane research on a 30-year lease at rupee one.

The former journalist who filed the Public Interest Litigation, or the PIL, challenging the Maharashtra Cabinet's decision to reserve 16 per cent seats in government jobs and educational institutions for Marathas, found himself at the receiving end o...

A Public Interest Litigation or PIL filed in the Bombay High Court has challenged the Maharashtra Cabinet's recent decision to grant 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to Marathas.